Fan of all things flora and fauna? Then why not take a look at this new release from ACC publishers called RHS Botanical Illustration, The Gold Medal Winners by Charlotte Brooks. The book features art by 60 gold medal winners from the Lindley Collections at the Royal Horticultural Society, the UK’s leading gardening charity.
Main image: Brassica oleracea L. var capitata Marner Fruerot ‘early red’. [Brassica oleracea Capitata Group]. [cabbage; Savoy cabbage, red cabbage]. Watercolour on paper. Grenfell Gold Medal, 2010.
!['Silverway'. [Categorized as a Grey / White edged auricula of unknown origin]. [Primula auricula 'Silverway']. Watercolour on paper.](https://www.northernsoul.me.uk/wp-content/gallery/rhs-botanical-illustration-the-gold-medal-winners-by-charlotte-brooks/RHS-p57.jpg "'Silverway'. [Categorized as a Grey / White edged auricula of unknown origin]. [Primula auricula 'Silverway']. Watercolour on paper.")
![[Lilium regale][Regal Lily, Christmas Lily]. Watercolour on paper; signed and dated "C. Guest '00". Born London, England 1955, Coral Guest trained at Harrow and Chelsea Schools of Art. In 1986 she became a freelance botanical illustrator.](https://www.northernsoul.me.uk/wp-content/gallery/rhs-botanical-illustration-the-gold-medal-winners-by-charlotte-brooks/RHS-p99.jpg "[Lilium regale][Regal Lily, Christmas Lily]. Watercolour on paper; signed and dated \"C. Guest '00\". Born London, England 1955, Coral Guest trained at Harrow and Chelsea Schools of Art. In 1986 she became a freelance botanical illustrator.")
![Brassica oleracea L. var capitata Marner Fruerot 'early red'. [Brassica oleracea Capitata Group]. [cabbage; Savoy cabbage, red cabbage]. Watercolour on paper. Grenfell Gold Medal, 2010.](https://www.northernsoul.me.uk/wp-content/gallery/rhs-botanical-illustration-the-gold-medal-winners-by-charlotte-brooks/RHS-p148-149.jpg "Brassica oleracea L. var capitata Marner Fruerot 'early red'. [Brassica oleracea Capitata Group]. [cabbage; Savoy cabbage, red cabbage]. Watercolour on paper. Grenfell Gold Medal, 2010.")
![Hollyhocks #1 [Althaea rosea]. Watercolour and pencil on vellum.](https://www.northernsoul.me.uk/wp-content/gallery/rhs-botanical-illustration-the-gold-medal-winners-by-charlotte-brooks/RHS-p169.jpg "Hollyhocks #1 [Althaea rosea]. Watercolour and pencil on vellum.")
